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CGS Reach Agreement with European Commission
CUSIP Global Services (CGS), a leading provider of securities identifiers and other solutions that enable efficient trading, clearing and settlement in capital markets throughout the world, today announced it has reached an agreement with the European Commission (EC) to create and distribute a new data feed of US ISINs tailored specifically to the needs of…
SNR Denton Helps First Data Obtain Approval from European Regulators for its Binding Corporate Rules for Data Privacy
SNR Denton has successfully helped First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, obtain approval from European Data Protection regulators for its Binding Corporate Rules for data privacy (BCRs). Today, the Information Commissioner’s Office granted authorisation of First Data’s BCRs, making it the eleventh company to obtain such authorization. First Data…
Krung Thai Bank Implements Financial Studio IAS/IFRS
Financial Architects (FinArch), the market leading vendor for integrated Finance and Risk software solutions, is pleased to announce that Krung Thai Bank has selected its flagship Financial Studio to address Bank of Thailand (BOT) IAS 39 requirements. Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited (“Krung Thai Bank”) decided to implement the packaged IFRS solution to achieve…
BNY Mellon Agrees $125 Billion Outsourcing Mandate with Bridgewater Associates
BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has been selected by Bridgewater Associates to provide middle- and back-office outsourcing services for approximately $125 billion of assets. BNY Mellon will support Bridgewater’s strategy of delivering diversified alpha and beta strategies for clients via its dedicated outsourcing platform – BNY Mellon OnCoresm. Services…
Panel Agrees LEI Standards and Infrastructure are Likely to Face Some Delays, CFTC Deadline is First Milestone
A lot of progress may have been achieved this year with regards to moving towards a new legal entity identification (LEI) standard, including getting the G20 to pay attention to the work that has happened thus far (see more on which here), but once the initiative reaches the implementation stage there are likely to be…
FESE’s Berthoud Elaborates on the MMT Initiative for Trade Flag Standardisation
Marc Berthoud, vice chairman of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges’ (FESE) Economics and Statistics Committee and deputy head of data and index products SIX Swiss Exchange, explained the details of the exchange association’s recent initiative in the market data space: the Market Model Typology (MMT), to delegates at last week’s FIMA conference in London….
Virginie’s Blog – In Need of the Data Management Avengers?
Another interesting topic from last week’s FIMA conference was the discussion about how to ensure the profile of the data management function is sufficiently recognised as important, both within financial institutions – by the board and the business users downstream – and within the industry at large. The data management challenge may have been thrown…
Sun Life Global Investments Selects Broadridge Canada’s Smart Fund Facts Solution
Broadridge Financial Solutions, today announced that Sun Life Global Investments (Canada) has started an initiative to use Broadridge Canada’s Smart Document Creation solution for the automated creation of regulatory Point-of-Sale (POS) Fund Facts documents. The Smart Document Creation solution will create Fund Facts documents for mutual funds through an automated document creation process. In addition…
Loomis Sayles Selects Cadis as its Central Data Hub
Loomis Sayles & Company, US-based investment management firm with over $156 billion AUM, has selected the Cadis EDM platform to centralize its data management processes. Cadis, the global EDM specialist, will provide a significant enhancement to the company’s infrastructure, delivering cleansed and validated data while allowing for increased transparency and data governance throughout the organization….
Basis Technologies and UC4 to Provide Customers with Integrated Solutions for Large Scale Automated Data Processing
Basis Technologies International (BTI), a leader in add-on solutions that optimise SAP, has announced a strategic partnership with UC4, the world’s largest, independent IT automation software company. The partnership will deliver innovative solutions for SAP customers, including the integration of BTI’s Mass Data Runtime—a solution which delivers dramatic data processing improvements and is certified as…